Published on May,24 2012 - by Agence France Presse
The Pakistani doctor sentenced to 33 years for treason after being recruited by the CIA to help find Osama bin Laden is in poor health and under medical watch, officials told AFP on Thursday.Shakeel Afridi is being held ...
Published on May,24 2012 - by Reuters
NEW YORK (Reuters) - In February, few could have guessed that a brief fire at a refinery in Cherry Point, Washington, would have a more dramatic effect on U.S. gasoline prices than the threat of war in the Middle East ...
Published on May,24 2012 - by Forbes
What is the point of electing conservatives if, once in office, they are more worried about ?fairness? than economic growth and prosperity? Examples of this are coming thick and fast from Europe, but an important one ...
Published on May,24 2012 - by Bloomberg
(Updates with analyst’s comment in fourth paragraph.) May 24 (Bloomberg) -- Tiffany & Co. declined the most in four months after cutting its full-year profit and sales forecasts as weaker-than-expected results in t ...
Published on May,24 2012 - by Agence France Presse
South Asia's love of literature festivals has spread to the tiny Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan, which features in many an exotic travelogue but is pretty much a blank space on the global literary map.The Mountain Echoes ...
Published on May,24 2012 - by Forbes
Starboard Value, the activist hedge fund that seeks to replace three of AOL?s directors with its own nominees next month, has laid out its disagreements with the internet giant?s current management in a 96-page ...
Published on May,24 2012 - by The Daily Telegraph
Dairy Crest has slumped to its first loss since it was privatised more than two decades ago, as it wrote off the value of its dairies. Its poor figures from its milk business offset another strong year for its cheese ...
Published on May,24 2012 - by The Daily Telegraph
Animals and gardens have been inseparable since Eden. But with Britain’s wild places vanishing by the day, our wildlife needs us more than ever. The noted eccentric Lord Berners had the idea of dyeing the white doves a ...
Published on May,24 2012 - by The Daily Telegraph
Actress Nicola McAuliffe explains what it's like living on the road while touring Alan Bennett's play The Lady in the Van, produced by Hull Truck theatre. Every politician, posh boy or adenoidal oik should join us on ...
Published on May,24 2012 - by Bloomberg
(Updates with rate forecast in 16th paragraph.) May 25 (Bloomberg) -- China’s biggest banks may fall short of loan targets for the first time in at least seven years as an economic slowdown crimps demand for credit, ...